Wycombe Hospital is located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. It is one of two acute and five community hospitals managed by the
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
History
The original hospital built on Marlow Hill was the "High Wycombe War Memorial Hospital" which opened in 1923 and was extended in 1932.
The current hospital, Wycombe Hospital, was built in phases on a site adjacent to the old Memorial Hospital with Phase 1 being completed in 1966, Phase 2 being completed in 1969 and Phase 3 being completed in 1971.
[ An extension to the hospital was procured under a ]Private Finance Initiative
The private finance initiative (PFI) was a United Kingdom government procurement policy aimed at creating "public–private partnerships" (PPPs) where private firms are contracted to complete and manage public projects. Initially launched in 199 ...
contract in the late 1990s. The construction work was carried out by Taylor Woodrow
Taylor Woodrow was one of the largest housebuilding and general construction companies in Britain. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until its merger with rival George Wimpey to create Tayl ...
and completed in 2000 as part of a scheme across the South Buckinghamshire hospitals at a cost of some £45 million.
The Accident and Emergency department was closed in 2005. A midwife-led birthing centre replaced the maternity unit and other services have been moved to the other hospitals run by the Trust. A campaign called Hand Back Our Hospital is attempting to restore services at the hospital. More than 6000 people have signed a petition calling for the restoration of the casualty department. Wycombe MP Steve Baker commissioned a report from the Durrow healthcare consultancy The Durrow healthcare consultancy is a partnership run by Andy Black and Ruth Harrison which works mainly in the UK, Scandinavia and Australasia. It specialises in direct management of current health services and radical strategic thinking in comple ...
in 2014. This suggested that the hospital could be used for a "new generation" of casualty unit with an ambulance station integrated into the hospital and could offer GP appointments.
On 25 September 2006, Wycombe Hospital was one of the first hospitals to change their patient administration system to the National Programme for IT
The NHS Connecting for Health (CFH) agency was part of the UK Department of Health and was formed on 1 April 2005, having replaced the former NHS Information Authority. It was part of the Department of Health Informatics Directorate, with the role ...
's Care Records Service.
See also
* List of hospitals in England
The following is a list of hospitals in England. For NHS trusts, see the list of NHS Trusts.
East Midlands
* Arnold Lodge, Leicestershire
*Babington Hospital – Belper, Derbyshire
*Bassetlaw District General Hospital – Worksop, Nottinghams ...
References
External links
Wycombe Hospitals Broadcasting Association
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Hospitals in Buckinghamshire
NHS hospitals in England
High Wycombe